NGC 4051

NGC 4051 imaged by the Hubble space telescope

NGC 4051 is a spiral galaxy. It contains a supermassive black hole inside the center.

This galaxy was studied by the Multicolor Active Galactic Nuclei Monitoring 2m telescope. [1]

NGC 4051 imaged by GALEX

The galaxy is a Seyfert galaxy that emits bright X-rays. However in early 1998 the X-ray emission ceased as observed in by the Beppo-SAX satellite.[2]

References

  1. Suganuma, Masahiro; Yoshii, Yuzuru; Kobayashi, Yukiyasu; Minezaki, Takeo; Enya, Keigo; Tomita, Hiroyuki; Aoki, Tsutomu; Koshida, Shintaro; Peterson, Bruce A. (2006). "Reverberation Measurements of the Inner Radius of the Dust Torus in Nearby Seyfert 1 Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal (The American Astronomical Society) 639 (1): 46–63. arXiv:astro-ph/0511697. Bibcode:2006ApJ...639...46S. doi:10.1086/499326. ISSN 0004-637X.
  2. "Now you se it ...". New Scientist (2145): 23. 1 August 1998.

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Coordinates: 12h 03m 09.6s, +44° 31′ 55″

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